| DUNLIN | Sandpiper named for its brown winter plumage, Calidris alpina (6) |
| RUSSET | Reddish-brown winter apple |
| TURNSTONE | Relative of sandpiper, named for how it seeks food |
| NEWLYN | Cornish fishing town known for its brown crabs (6) |
| UPS | Company known for its brown trucks |
| MANILA | In the Philippines it's brown paper (6) |
| PTARMIGAN | Mountain grouse, notable for its white winter plumage (9) |
| KNOT | A small northern sandpiper, Calidris canutus, with a short bill and grey plumage |
| CAMOUFLAGE | E.g. ptarmigan's winter plumage (10) |
| FLOUR | Ground from grain for a baked delight, its name means "bloom, best part" and it's brown or plain white (5) |
| STOAT | Animal in its brown summer coat |
| WADING | - bird; general name for a curlew, snipe, sandpiper, oystercatcher, turnstone or plover/lapwing (6) |
| LEASTSANDPIPER | The smallest shorebird, Calidris minutilla |
| TRISTAN | A man seeks earth out (it's brown) (7) |
| LIVEWIRE | Most energetic person in Britain, it's Brown usually (4,4) |
| TEAK | Cut first piece of meat - it's brown in colour |
| SEPIA | A lot of water (about half a pint) and it's brown (5) |
| WADERS | General word for shoreline birds such as sandpipers and plovers; or, long waterproof boots for angling (6) |
| CURLEW | Shorebird of the sandpiper family (6) |
| GODWIT | Bird of the sandpiper family (6) |
